Joseph Clovis "J.C." Breaux

New Iberia – Fu neral services will be held for Joseph C lovis “J.C.” Breaux III , 91, on Friday, March 25, 2022 at 2:00PM at the David Funeral Home Chapel with Father Keith Land ry officiating . Interment will follow at Holy Family Cemetery.

Visitation will be held at David Funeral Home of New Iberia on Friday, March 25, 2022 from 10 :00AM until the time of the service . A Rosary will be led by the Men’s Rosary Group at 11:00AM on Friday at the funeral home.

A native and lifelong resident of New Iberia , Mr. Breaux passed away on Saturday, March 19, 2022 at Consolata Nursing Home. “J.C.” , as he was affectionately known, graduated in 1946 as Salutatorian of NIHS (New Iberia High School, now the location of School Days Apartments) . He was a member of the Key Club and received two academic scholarships (one for salutatorian and the other for winning 1 st place in district rally for bookkeeping ) .

Enlist ing at the age of 18 under the Selective Service Act of 1948, Mr. Breaux proudly served his country in the Army for 7 years, receiving an honorable discharge with the rank of Sergeant.

J.C. received an Accounting Degree , but being an “outdoors” person, decided not to pursue the profession of Certified Public Accountant because it would have required too much confinement indoors.

Beyond his most cherished titles of faithful husband and devoted father, J.C. was known for being persistent and a hard worker.  From the age of 8 , he secured a job in a grocery store and always had a job throughout his life.  He managed the A&P Supermarket on Indest St. alongside his 34 employees. J.C. was in real estate from 1978 until he retired in 1992 as a Real Estate Broker for Century 21.  During his 14 years in the real estate industry , he purchased, leased, sold and managed over 50 properties of his own, in addition to listing and selling the properties of others as a licensed broker earning the title of “Million Dollar Producer” every year during all of his real estate career.

J.C. was a faithful and devout Catholic. For 12 years, he and his spouse Lucill e chaired the money counting teams at St. Marcellus Catholic Church on a volunteer basis. In later years, he and Lucille were practicing Catholics at Nativity of Our Lady Catholic Church where they routinely attended 7:00AM Sunday services until COVID and declining mobility made attendance impossible.

In his free time, J.C. ’s hobbies included taking several camping vacations every year with his wife and children throughout the United States and Canada, visiting most of the U.S. National Parks. As a n avid outdoorsman and camper for over 50 years, almost all vacations were in campers. He was also an avid duck hunter, bass fisherman and enjoyed hiking the many mountain trails in the Colorado Rocky Mountains and Tennessee Smokey Mountains , some at altitudes in excess of 12,000 feet.

He is survived by his wife of 72 years, Lucille Albert Breaux; children, Kenneth P. Breaux ( Crescent Crown Distributing ) and wife Kristi , Karen Breaux Faucheaux (part owner of Holiday Sporting Goods /HSG Lettering and retired Iberia Parish school bus driver) and husband Danny , Kreig A. Breaux (Partner of Landry, Watkins, Repaske & Breaux) and wife Tiffany ; grandchildren, Shane Faucheaux, Erin Henry, Amy Courrege , Stephanie Hartman, Jenny Reed, Sean Faucheaux, Joseph “Joey” Breaux V, Kelly Breaux, Alexander Breaux, and Samuel Breaux; and 13 great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, J.C. Breaux Jr. and Camille Lasseigne Breaux; son, J.C. Breaux IV; sisters, Lucy Breaux Bayard and Florella Breaux Dartez; brother, James A. “Jim” Breaux.

Honored to serve as Pallbearers are Shane Faucheaux, Sean Faucheaux, Joseph “Joey” Breaux V, Alexander Breaux, Samuel Breaux and Connor Henry.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in JC’s name to one of the following causes dear to JC:

• Veterans at www.vetaffairs.la.gov/resource-category/state-service-organizations/
• National Parks Foundation at www.nationalparks.org
• St. Jude at www.stjude.org

Family and friends may sign the guest register book and / or send condolences at www.davidfuneralhome.org

David Funeral Home of New Iberia, 1101 Trotter St. 337-369-6336 is in charge of arrangements .